Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Utilities and Clean Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.73% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD), which rose 9.36% or 1.28 points to trade at 14.95 at the close. Dye & Durham Ltd (TSX:DND) added 7.11% or 0.55 points to end at 8.29 and K92 Mining Inc (TSX:KNT) was up 4.85% or 0.25 points to 5.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (TSX:BIP_u), which lost 4.82% or 1.50 points to trade at 29.65 in late trade. Granite REIT (TSX:GRT_u) declined 4.11% or 2.76 points to end at 64.45 and Magna International Inc (TSX:MG) shed 3.35% or 2.29 points to 66.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 513 to 437 and 114 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.55% to 18.14 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.92% or 18.40 to $2,015.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.26% or 1.88 to hit $85.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.39% or 2.10 to trade at $90.03 a barrel.
CAD/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.37% to 0.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 106.39.